William Eustis

(noun)

William Eustis (June 10, 1753 – February 6, 1825) was an early American physician, politician, and statesman. Trained in medicine, he served as a surgeon during the American Revolutionary War before entering into politics. He served several terms in the United States Congress representing Massachusetts, and was serving as Secretary of War under President James Madison at the outbreak of the War of 1812

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  • The British Strategy

    • On July 12, 1812, General William Hull led an invading American force of about 1,000 untrained, poorly-equipped militia across the Detroit River and occupied the Canadian town of Sandwich, now a neighborhood of Windsor, Ontario.
    • The early disasters were brought about chiefly by American unpreparedness, and a lack of leadership drove United States Secretary of War William Eustis from office.
    • They were decisively defeated by General William Henry Harrison's forces on their retreat towards Niagara at the Battle of the Thames in October 1813.

  • The War in the North

    • On July 12, 1812, General William Hull led an invading American force of about 1,000 untrained, poorly-equipped militia across the Detroit River and occupied the Canadian town of Sandwich, now a neighborhood of Windsor, Ontario.
    • Secretary of War William Eustis from office.
    • The British also were decisively defeated by General William Henry Harrison's forces on their retreat toward Niagara at the Battle of the Thames in October 1813.
    • Oliver Hazard Perry's message to William Henry Harrison after the Battle of Lake Erie began with what would become one of the most famous sentences in American military history: "We have met the enemy and they are ours."
    • This 1865 painting by William H.

  • The Norman Invasion of 1066 CE

    • The Norman conquest of England was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.
    • William's claim to the English throne derived from his familial relationship with the childless Anglo-Saxon King Edward the Confessor, who may have encouraged William's hopes for the throne.
    • The deaths of Tostig and Hardrada at Stamford left William as Harold's only serious opponent.
    • Harold's army confronted William's invaders on October 14 at the Battle of Hastings.
    • William of Jumieges claimed that Harold was killed by William.

  • From Roosevelt to Taft

    • In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt persuaded the Republican Party to nominate William Howard Taft to run against Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan.
    • The U.S. presidential election of 1908 was between Republican Party candidate William Howard Taft and Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan.
    • On their side, the Democrats, after badly losing the 1904 election with a conservative candidate, turned to two-time nominee William Jennings Bryan, who had been defeated in 1896 and 1900 by Republican William McKinley.
    • Portrait of William Howard Taft, the Republican Party candidate in the presidential election of 1908.
    • Portrait of William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic Party candidate in the presidential election of 1908.

  • William of Orange and the Grand Alliance

    • Yet to William III France's growing strength made war inevitable.
    • However, before the War of the Spanish Succession was even declared, William died.
    • By the same token, Anne continued William's policies and many leading statesmen of William's later years remained in office, which turned out fundamental to the success of the Grand Alliance in the early stages of the war.
    • King William III of England, portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1680s, National Galleries, Scotland.
    • Explain William's stake in the War of the Spanish Succession and the goals of the Grand Alliance.

  • The Glorious Revolution

    • The Glorious Revolution was the peaceful overthrow and replacement of King James II with William III and Mary II of England.
    • In February 1689, William and his wife became joint monarchs as William III and Mary II of England .
    • King James was deposed in the Revolution of 1688 by William III.
    • Prince of Orange Landing at Torbay, engraving by William Miller after J M W Turner, 1852
    • William of Orange successfully invaded England with a Dutch fleet in the Glorious Revolution of 1688

  • William the Conqueror's Rule

    • After further military efforts, William was crowned king on Christmas Day 1066 in London.
    • William did not try to integrate his various domains into one empire, but instead continued to administer each part separately.
    • William took over an English government that was more complex than the Norman system.
    • To oversee his expanded domain, William was forced to travel even more than he had as duke.
    • William's lands were divided after his death; Normandy went to his eldest son, Robert, and England to his second surviving son, William.

  • Rhode Island

    • Rhode Island was formed as an English colony by Roger Williams and others fleeing prosecution from Puritans.
    • Williams named the other islands in the Narragansett Bay after virtues: Patience Island, Prudence Island, and Hope Island.
    • Williams wrote favorably about the American Indian peoples, contrasting their virtues with Puritan New England’s intolerance.
    • In 1644, Roger Williams secured a land patent establishing the Incorporation of Providence Plantations in the Narragansett Bay.
    • Engraved print depicting Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, meeting with the Narragansett Indians.

  • The Glorious Revolution

    • William was also stadtholder of the main provinces of the Dutch Republic.
    • By September, it became clear that William would invade England.
    • William arrived on November 5.
    • Anne declared that she would temporarily waive her right to the crown should Mary die before William and Mary refused to be made queen without William as king.
    • After Mary died in 1694, William ruled alone until his death in 1702.

  • The Inspirational Speech

    • In the movie Braveheart, William Wallace (played by Mel Gibson) delivers this rousing and classic inspirational speech to Scots about to fight the English troops: "I AM William Wallace.
    • But not all messages are necessarily warm and fuzzy; take for example, the speech made popular by actor Mel Gibson as William Wallace in the film, Braveheart, as he motivates his ragtag band of Scotsmen to fight against the English troops:
    • I AM William Wallace.